INTRO: IN NORTHERN IRELAND, A BOMB HAS EXPLODED IN MARKETHILL --
A TOWN ABOUT 60-KILOMETERS FROM BELFAST. V-O-A'S ANDRE DE
NESNERA REPORTS FROM THE NORTHERN IRELAND CAPITAL.

TEXT: POLICE IN MARKETHILL SAY A LOCAL RADIO STATION RECEIVED A
TELEPHONE WARNING ABOUT A BOMB LOCATED IN A VAN NEXT TO THE
TOWN'S POLICE STATION.

AS THE AREA WAS EVACUATED, THE BOMB WENT OFF, SEVERELY DAMAGING
THE STATION AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. INITIAL REPORTS SAID THERE
WERE NO CASUALTIES.

NO GROUP HAS YET CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK, BUT
INITIAL SUSPICION FELL ON REPUBLICAN TERRORIST GROUPS.

THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE PRO-BRITISH ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY
QUICKLY CONDEMNED THE BOMBING.

/// TAYLOR ACT ///

IT IS VERY SERIOUS INDEED BECAUSE IT IS CLEARLY A
REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON NORTHERN IRELAND AND WHAT HAS TO BE
NOW IDENTIFIED IS WHETHER IT IS THE I-R-A ITSELF OR A
BREAKAWAY GROUP FROM THE I-R-A. IS THE I-R-A SPLITTING
UP? IT COULD WELL BE THAT SINN FEIN / I-R-A ARE NOW
SPLITTING UP ACROSS NORTHERN IRELAND.

/// END ACT ///

THE ULSTER UNIONISTS ARE DECIDING WHETHER TO TAKE PART IN
POLITICAL TALKS ON NORTHERN IRELAND WHICH BEGAN MONDAY. ONE
OFFICIAL SAID, OBVIOUSLY, SOMEONE DOES NOT WANT US THERE.
(SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/JWH/RAE16-Sep-97 8:42 AM EDT (1242 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: THE ORGANIZATION WHICH SUPERVISED BOSNIA'S ELECTION THIS
PAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HAS REJECTED A RECOMMENDATION THAT A
SERB NATIONALIST PARTY BE DISQUALIFIED. THE RECOMMENDATION CAME
IN RESPONSE TO A COMPLAINT THAT THE ELECTIONS WERE NOT CONDUCTED
IN FAIRLY AND OPENLY AROUND THE TOWN OF PALE -- THE HEADQUARTERS
FOR SUPPORTERS OF FORMER BOSNIAN-SERB LEADER RADOVAN KARADZIC,
WHO IS UNDER INDICTMENT FOR WAR CRIMES. MORE FROM VOA'S PAMELA
TAYLOR IN SARAJEVO.

TEXT: ROBERT FROWICK, CHIEF OF THE BOSNIAN MISSION OF THE
ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE -- THE
O-S-C-E -- HAS OVERRULED A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DISQUALIFY THE
SERB NATIONALISTS PARTY.

THE CALL FOR DISQUALIFICATION CAME WHEN ILLEGAL POSTERS OF MR.
KARADZIC WENT UP ALL OVER THE PALE AREA.
ON MONDAY, PALE RADIO AIRED THINLY VEILED THREATS AGAINST
ELECTION SUPERVISORS FOLLOWING NEWS OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO
DISQUALIFY THE PARTY.

MR. FROWICK SAID HE DECIDED TO OVERRULE THE O-S-C-E APPEALS
COMMISSION, MAINLY FOR SECURITY REASONS. BUT HE ALSO SAID
DISQUALIFYING THE PARTY WILL NOT ACHIEVE WHAT O-S-C-E OFFICIALS
EXPECT THE ELECTIONS TO ACHIEVE.

ELECTION OFFICIALS EXPECT THE FINAL COUNT WILL SHOW A DROP IN
SUPPORT FOR NATIONALIST PARTIES ALL ACROSS BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.
FINAL RESULTS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, AT
THE EARLIEST. (SIGNED)
NEB/PT/PCF/KL16-Sep-97 12:53 PM EDT (1653 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: MAJOR STOCK MARKETS OF WESTERN EUROPE TUESDAY SAW PRICES
ADVANCE SHARPLY. PAUL FRANCUCH HAS THE CLOSING FIGURES FROM
LONDON.

TEXT: FRANKFURT, LONDON, AND PARIS WERE ALL UP AT THE CLOSE.
GENERALLY ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC NEWS SPURRED ON BY ADVANCES ON
WALL STREET HELPED DRIVE PRICES HIGHER IN WESTERN EUROPE.

IN FRANKFURT, THE GERMAN "DAX 30" STOCK INDEX ADDED ALMOST
79-POINTS WHEN TRADING ENDED. PARIS INVESTORS IN STOCKS TRACKED
BY THE "CAC 40" SAW THE INDEX VALUE RISE BY ALMOST 42-POINTS. IN
LONDON, EUROPE'S BIGGEST STOCK MARKET SAW THE INFLUENTIAL
"FINANCIAL TIMES" 100 INDEX OF SHARES GAIN 73-AND-A-HALF POINTS
AT THE CLOSE.

ON THE CURRENCY MARKETS, THE U-S DOLLAR LOST SOME VALUE IN LATE
TRADING AGAINST BOTH THE GERMAN MARK AND BRITISH POUND. GOLD WAS
DOWN AS WELL IN THE LONDON CLOSING FIX, OFF ONE-DOLLAR-10 CENTS
AN OUNCE FROM MONDAY'S CLOSE, AND PRICED AT
321-DOLLARS-FIVE-CENTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/PCF/RAE16-Sep-97 2:24 PM EDT (1824 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: GREECE IS PAYING SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO ITS LEGENDARY
SOPRANO, MARIA CALLAS. ANTHEE CARASSAVA IN ATHENS REPORTS
SINGERS, MAESTROS, AND FRIENDS OF THE LATE OPERA STAR HAVE
GATHERED FOR A CONCERT COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER
DEATH.

TEXT: CRITICS PROMISE THE CONCERT (TUESDAY) WILL NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN.

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA MEMBERS FROM EUROPE AND OPERA SINGERS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD WILL UNITE AT AN ANCIENT THEATER IN ATHENS TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY SOPRANO, MARIA CALLAS. THE WORK TO
BE PERFORMED WILL BE ONE OF THE OPERA STAR'S MOST BELOVED --
VERDI'S "REQUIEM".

ALL PERFORMERS ARE RECIPIENTS OF "THE MARIA CALLAS GRAND PRIX"
ORGANIZED ANNUALLY IN ATHENS.

THE CONCERT MARKS THE END OF WEEK-LONG CELEBRATIONS HONORING MS.
CALLAS, 20-YEARS AFTER HER DEATH. SINGERS, MAESTROS AND CLOSE
FRIENDS PAID HER A PERSONAL SALUTE SUNDAY AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY,
TOSSING OLIVE WREATHS AND FLOWERS INTO THE AEGEAN SEA AT THE SITE
WHERE THE OPERA DIVA'S ASHES WERE SPRINKLED TWO-DECADES AGO.

RECORDINGS OF MS. CALLAS' VOICE PLAYED FROM THE BOAT'S
LOUDSPEAKER, ECHOING ACROSS THE ANCIENT CITY OF EPIDAVROS, SOUTH
OF ATHENS.

MARIA CALLAS WAS BORN IN NEW YORK, THE LONE DAUGHTER OF GREEK
IMMIGRANTS. AT THE AGE OF 13, SHE MOVED TO GREECE TO BEGIN A
SINGING CAREER THAT QUICKLY TOOK HER TO PROMINENT OPERA HOUSES IN
ITALY AND FRANCE.

BUT LIKE HER ILLUSTRIOUS GREEK ANCESTORS, MS. CALLAS LIFE WAS
RIDDLED WITH TRAGEDY. BIOGRAPHERS SAY SHE WAS TORN BETWEEN THE
DEMANDS OF BEING A WOMAN AND THOSE OF BEING AN ARTIST.

HER TEMPESTUOUS AFFAIR WITH THE LATE GREEK SHIPPING TYCOON
ARISTOTLE ONASSIS MARKED THE START OF A DEMISE ACCELERATED BY
CHRONIC THROAT ILLNESS. CONSIDERED THE MOST VERSATILE OPERA
SINGER OF HER TIME, MS. CALLAS DIED ALONE AT THE AGE OF 54.
(SIGNED)
NEB/AC/JWH/RAE16-Sep-97 11:32 AM EDT (1532 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: MULTI-PARTY TALKS RESUME IN BELFAST TODAY (TUESDAY). BUT
AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ANDRE DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM BELFAST, IT
IS STILL NOT CLEAR IF THE LARGEST PRO-BRITISH PARTY -- THE
ULSTER UNIONISTS -- WILL ATTEND.

TEXT: MEETINGS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE BETWEEN THE ULSTER
UNIONISTS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN AN
EFFORT TO PERSUADE THE PARTY TO ENTER MULTI-PARTY TALKS ON THE
FUTURE OF NORTHERN IRELAND.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SINN FEIN -- THE POLITICAL WING OF THE
IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY -- WAS ADMITTED TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
WHEN THE TALKS OPENED MONDAY. BUT ALL OF THE PRO-BRITISH
PARTIES BOYCOTTED THE EVENT.

THE ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY SAYS IT IS CONCERNED THAT SINN FEIN IS
NOT COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. THE PRO-BRITISH PARTY
ALSO WANTS MORE MOVEMENT ON THE ISSUE OF DISARMING PARAMILITARY
GROUPS.

LATE MONDAY, THE SENIOR BRITISH MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NORTHERN
IRELAND -- MO MOWLAN -- TOLD REPORTERS SHE BELIEVES THE ISSUES
MAY BE RESOLVED.

/// MOWLAN ACT ///

I THINK THEY WILL EVENTUALLY COME INTO THE PROCESS. I
SINCERELY HOPE THEY WILL. IT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF
NORTHERN IRELAND WANT. IT IS THE WAY FORWARD. AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE IRISH TO ACHIEVE
THAT.

/// END ACT ///

ANALYSTS SAY THE QUESTION IS NOT IF THE ULSTER UNIONISTS WILL
JOIN -- BUT WHEN. (SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/JWH/LH16-Sep-97 4:55 AM EDT (0855 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SULEYMAN DEMIREL HAS HELD A DAY OF
TALKS IN EGYPT WITH PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK, IN A BID TO REASSURE
ARAB NATIONS ABOUT TURKEY'S MILITARY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL.
V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN CAIRO REPORTS PLANNED NAVAL EXERCISES
BY TURKEY, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES LATER THIS YEAR HAVE
PROMPTED CONCERN AND OUTRAGE IN MANY PARTS OF THE ARAB WORLD.

TEXT: AFTER TUESDAY'S MEETING IN ALEXANDRIA, PRESIDENT DEMIREL
SAID THE UPCOMING JOINT NAVAL MANEUVERS WILL BE DEVOTED SOLELY TO
AIR AND SEA RESCUE OPERATIONS. AND HE SAID TURKEY'S AGREEMENTS
ON MILITARY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST
ANY ARAB COUNTRY.

/// DEMIREL ACT, IN TURKISH - FADE UNDER ///

TURKEY HAS HISTORIC RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB WORLD, HE SAID, AND
WE WANT TO DEEPEN THOSE TIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PEOPLES.

PRESIDENT MUBARAK INDICATED HE WILL PASS ON THE TURKISH
ASSURANCES TO SYRIA'S PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD, WHO IS DUE TO
VISIT ALEXANDRIA LATER THIS WEEK. THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
THE MOST VOCAL ARAB CRITIC OF TURKEY'S GROWING TIES WITH ISRAEL.
(SIGNED)
NEB/DBR/JWH/KL16-Sep-97 10:24 AM EDT (1424 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SULEIMAN DEMIREL HAS HELD A DAY OF
TALKS (TUESDAY) WITH EGYPT'S PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK IN
ALEXANDRIA, IN A BID TO REASSURE THE ARAB WORLD ABOUT ANKARA'S
MILITARY COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL. DOUGLAS ROBERTS IN CAIRO
REPORTS THE GROWING ISRAELI-TURKISH RELATIONSHIP HAS SPARKED
CONCERN AND CONDEMNATION IN MANY ARAB STATES.

TEXT: TURKEY AND ISRAEL SIGNED TWO MILITARY ACCORDS JUST MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO. ONE ALLOWS ISRAELI AIR FORCE JETS TO MAKE USE
OF TURKISH AIRSPACE FOR TRAINING EXERCISES. THE OTHER COVERS THE
MODERNIZATION OF MORE THAN 50 TURKISH WARPLANES AT AN ISRAELI
FACTORY.

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS ARE EXPECTED, DESPITE CONDEMNATION FROM THE
ARAB WORLD. THE RHETORIC ESCALATED EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN
TURKEY, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCED THEY WILL CONDUCT
JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING
NOVEMBER.

SYRIA AND OTHER ARAB STATES SEE THE ISRAELI-TURKISH TIES AS THE
HARBINGER (FORERUNNER) OF A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE DIRECTED AGAINST
THE ARABS. MOST ARAB GOVERNMENTS DENOUNCED THE BILATERAL
MILITARY ACCORDS AND THE PLANNED NAVAL EXERCISES. THE ISSUE IS
HIGH ON THE AGENDA OF AN UPCOMING ARAB-LEAGUE MEETING.

ANKARA INSISTS ARABS HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD ITS AGREEMENTS WITH
ISRAEL. PRESIDENT DEMIREL STRESSED THIS IN THE MEETING WITH THE
EGYPTIAN LEADER TUESDAY IN ALEXANDRIA.

MR. DEMIREL SAID THE UPCOMING NAVAL MANEUVERS ARE TO BE DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY TO AIR AND SEA RESCUE OPERATIONS. HE STRESSED
TURKEY'S MILITARY ACCORDS WITH ISRAEL ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST
ANY ARAB STATE.

/// DEMIREL ACT, IN TURKISH -- ESTABLISH AND FADE ///

HE SAID TURKEY HAS HISTORIC RELATIONS WITH THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD,
ADDING IT WANTS TO DEEPEN THOSE TIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TWO
PEOPLES.

PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED SOMEWHAT REASSURED BY THE TURKISH
LEADER'S EXPLANATIONS.

/// MUBARAK ACT, IN ARABIC ///

MR. MUBARAK SAID WE DO NOT OBJECT TO TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS.
HE SAID PRESIDENT DEMIREL ASSURED THEY ARE NOT AIMED AT ANY
ARAB NATION.

THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLANNED
NAVAL EXERCISES UNTIL THE TURKISH LEADER ASSURED HIM THEY WILL
FOCUS ONLY ON SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. BUT MR. MUBARAK SAID
HE WOULD DECLINE A TURKISH INVITATION TO JOIN IN THE MANEUVERS,
SAYING EGYPT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY MILITARY EXERCISES
WITH ISRAEL UNTIL THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT IS RESOLVED.

// REST OPT //

WHETHER PRESIDENT DEMIREL'S VISIT WILL EASE THE STRAIN IN
TURKISH-ARAB RELATIONS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. PRESIDENT MUBARAK
SAID HE WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH SYRIA'S PRESIDENT HAFEZ
AL-ASSAD, WHO IS SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL THURSDAY TO ALEXANDRIA.

SYRIAN-TURKISH TIES WERE STRAINED LONG BEFORE ANKARA'S MILITARY
ACCORDS WITH ISRAEL. TURKEY HAS REPEATEDLY DEMANDED A HALT TO
SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR KURDISH SEPARATISTS AND THE TWO SIDES ARE ALSO
AT ODDS OVER WATER SHARING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EUPHRATES RIVER.

ANOTHER FACTOR OF TENSION IN TURKISH-ARAB RELATIONS IS ANKARA'S
REPEATED MILITARY INCURSIONS INTO NORTHERN IRAQ TO HUNT DOWN
KURDISH INSURGENTS.

IN AN INTERVIEW TUESDAY WITH THE CAIRO NEWSPAPER, "AL AHRAM,",
PRESIDENT DEMIREL REAFFIRMED ANKARA'S SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. HE SAID THE INCURSIONS ARE AIMED SOLELY
AT WIPING OUT TERRORIST BASES. (SIGNED)
NEB/DBR/PCF/RAE16-Sep-97 11:47 AM EDT (1547 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: FORMER U-S ENVOY RICHARD HOLBROOKE APPLAUDS THE WAY THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN BOSNIAN-HERZEGOVINA LAST
WEEKEND AND INSISTS THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED. VICTOR BEATTIE REPORTS MR. HOLBROOKE TOLD THE CABLE
NEWS NETWORK (LATE MONDAY) THE DAYTON ACCORD WILL SUCCEED SO LONG
AS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SEES IT THROUGH:

TEXT: MR. HOLBROOKE, NOTING THE LARGE TURNOUT AND A LACK OF
VIOLENCE, SAYS LAST WEEKEND'S BALLOT WAS A VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY.
THE FORMER ENVOY AND ARCHITECT OF DAYTON SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT
LONG-RANGE TEST WILL BE THE ABILITY OF REFUGEES TO RETURN TO
PRE-WAR HOMES. HE SAYS, SO FAR, ALL THREE ETHNIC GROUPS IN
BOSNIA ARE DRAGGING THEIR FEET IN ALLOWING REFUGEES TO RETURN.

STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES FOLEY SAYS THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY IS REACHING A CRITICAL POINT IN STEPPED-UP EFFORTS AT
DAYTON IMPLEMENTATION:

/// FOLEY ACTUALITY ///

WE ARE FULLY DETERMINED TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE TOOLS
AVAILABLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT THE
AIMS OF DAYTON ARE BROUGHT TO FRUITION IN THE MONTHS TO
COME.

/// END ACTUALITY ///

SUCH TOOLS, HE SAYS, INCLUDE SANCTIONS SUCH AS THE WITHHOLDING OF
RECONSTRUCTION AID AND DENIAL OF TRAVEL PRIVILEGES.

MR. HOLBROOKE SAYS THE TOUGHER INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE HAS
RESULTED IN MAJOR PROGRESS ON THE GROUND IN BOSNIA. DESPITE A
JUNE, 1998 DEADLINE FOR A U-S TROOP WITHDRAWAL, HE SAYS THE U-S
LEADERSHIP IS PREPARED TO SEE IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON THROUGH.
(SIGNED)
NEB/VB/LWM15-Sep-97 9:32 PM EDT (0132 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: A LARGE BOMB EXPLODED IN THE SMALL NORTHERN IRELAND
VILLAGE OF "MARKETHILL" ON TUESDAY. AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ANDRE
DE NESNERA REPORTS FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND, POLITICIANS
BELIEVE THE AIM OF THE EXPLOSION IS TO DERAIL THE JUST-STARTED
TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH PROVINCE.

TEXT: AUTHORITIES SAY THE CENTER OF MARKETHILL WAS EXTENSIVELY
DAMAGED BY THE BOMB WHICH EXPLODED NEAR THE VILLAGE'S POLICE
STATION. A LOCAL RADIO STATION RECEIVED A WARNING SOME 45
MINUTES BEFORE THE BLAST AND THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED AS THE
EVACUATION WAS TAKING PLACE.

THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES -- AND POLICE OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS A
MIRACLE, GIVEN THAT THE BOMB EXPLODED NOT FAR FROM THE CATTLE
MARKET, ON MARKETHILL'S BUSIEST WEEKDAY. HOWEVER SEVERAL PEOPLE
WERE TREATED FOR SHOCK.

NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLAST -- AND THE
IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (I-R-A) SAID IT WAS NOT INVOLVED.
SUSPICION NOW RESTS WITH REPUBLICAN SPLINTER GROUPS WHICH HAVE
NOT ABIDED BY THE I-R-A CEASEFIRE, IN FORCE SINCE JULY.

DESPITE THEIR DENIAL, THE LARGEST PRO-BRITISH PARTY -- THE ULSTER
UNIONISTS -- BLAMES THE MARKETHILL BOMBING ON THE I-R-A. THE
ULSTER UNIONISTS HAVE ASKED FOR THE EXCLUSION OF SINN FEIN -- THE
I-R-A'S POLITICAL WING -- FROM POLITICAL TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF
NORTHERN IRELAND. THOSE TALKS OPENED MONDAY WITHOUT THE ULSTER
UNIONISTS WHO BOYCOTTED THE PROCEEDINGS.

THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE NATIONALIST SOCIAL, DEMOCRATIC AND
LABOUR PARTY -- SEAMUS MALLON -- TOLD ULSTER RADIO THE ATTACK WAS
A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SABOTAGE THE TALKS.

// MALLON ACT //

I AM ANGRY, I AM DISAPPOINTED, I AM FRUSTRATED AND I AM
DISGUSTED THAT SUCH AN ACT SHOULD TAKE PLACE -- BUT WE
SHOULD NOT LET ANY OF THOSE EMOTIONS DISTORT OUR BETTER
JUDGMENT, AND OUR BETTER JUDGMENT IS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO
SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IN A POLITICAL WAY SO THAT THOSE WHO
BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE CANNOT OPERATE AGAIN IN THIS WAY.

// END ACT //

MEANWHILE, THE ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY IS STILL TRYING TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO FORMALLY ENTER THE TALKS. SOME OF ITS LEADERS WERE
EXPECTED TO GO TO THE NEGOTIATING SITE TUESDAY AND TAKE PART IN
BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS -- BUT NOT TAKE PART IN THE PLENARY
SESSION WHERE SINN FEIN IS ADMITTED. HOWEVER ULSTER UNIONIST
PARTY LEADERS CANCELLED THOSE PLANS AND TRAVELLED TO MARKETHILL
TO INSPECT THE BOMB DAMAGE.

// OPT //

ONE PARTY REFUSING TO ATTEND THE POLITICAL TALKS IS THE
HARDLINE PRO-BRITISH PARTY, THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONISTS. ITS DEPUTY
LEADER, PETER ROBINSON, TOLD REPORTERS IT IS PURE FOLLY TO TALK
WITH SINN FEIN.

// ROBINSON ACT //

AND VERY CLEARLY, WHAT THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT IS SAYING
TODAY IS, "WE ARE THUMBING OUR NOSE AT YOU. WE ARE IN
THE (POLITICAL) PROCESS AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.
WE CAN BOMB AND WE CAN SHOOT AT WILL -- AND NOBODY HAS
THE GUTS TO PUT US OUT."

// END ACT // //END OPT//

ALL OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN NORTHERN IRELAND CONDEMNED THE
BOMBING EXCEPT ONE -- SINN FEIN. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, SINN
FEIN PRESIDENT GERRY ADAMS EXPRESSED "REGRET" -- BUT AT THE SAME
TIME HE SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT UNIONIST PARTIES ARE USING
THE ATTACK AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICAL TALKS.
(SIGNED)
NEB/ADEN/PCF/KL16-Sep-97 2:03 PM EDT (1803 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America

INTRO: THE U-S AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN, RAYMOND FLYNN, HAS
RESIGNED. PEGGY POLK IN ROME REPORTS MR. FLYNN WILL RETURN TO
HIS HOME STATE, MASSACHUSETTS, TO CONSIDER RUNNING FOR ELECTION
AS GOVERNOR.

TEXT: MR. FLYNN -- A COLORFUL, SOMETIMES CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE ON
THE DIPLOMATIC SCENE -- HAD SERVED AS MAYOR OF BOSTON FOR A
DECADE BEFORE PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMED HIM AMBASSADOR TO THE
VATICAN IN 1993.

NOW THAT A FELLOW DEMOCRAT, CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH KENNEDY, HAS TAKEN
HIMSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, MR.
FLYNN IS RETURNING TO CONSIDER MAKING A BID FOR THAT OFFICE IN
ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.

IN KEEPING WITH VATICAN PROTOCOL, THE AMBASSADOR DROVE TO THE
POPE'S SUMMER RESIDENCE AT CASTEL GANDOLFO IN THE ALBAN HILLS
SOUTH OF ROME TO PAY A FAREWELL CALL ON JOHN PAUL THE SECOND.

HE WILL LEAVE ROME SATURDAY.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALREADY SAID PRESIDENT CLINTON WILL NOMINATE
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LINDY BOGGS TO REPLACE MR. FLYNN.

A DEMOCRAT FROM LOUISIANA, MRS. BOGGS SERVED NINE TERMS BEFORE
RETIRING FROM CONGRESS, HER NOMINATION AS AMBASSADOR IS NOT
EXPECTED TO MEET WITH SENATE OPPOSITION. AN EMBASSY SOURCE SAID
SHE COULD ARRIVE IN ROME AS EARLY AS MID-OCTOBER TO PRESENT HER
CREDENTIALS TO THE POPE.

THE UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE
VATICAN IN THE MID-1980'S IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXPANDED VATICAN
ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS UNDER THE PAPACY OF JOHN PAUL THE SECOND.
(SIGNED)
NEB/PP/JWH/RAE16-Sep-97 11:17 AM EDT (1517 UTC)NNNNSource: Voice of America